Following the dissolution of a proposed merger of cycling's most powerful advocacy groups, the League of American Bicyclists used the opening of its annual National Bike Summit to rebrand the organization and set a new course for the ...
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Jason Stamper summarises the most recent technology results and deals announcements. Of those reporting in this period it is Cisco that's the bellwether, and its results should give a little encouragement to the sector as a whole. But not ...
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International commodities trader Glencore International plc (Glencore) has announced that it will not be able to complete the $31 billion takeover transaction for the Anglo-Swiss miner and coking coal producer Xstrata plc (Xstrata) by March ...
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. will go forward to acquire Metals USA. The US government relative department pointed out that the merger already has no doubt of antitrust concerns. In an early notice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust ...
Covéa Insurance has extended its risk management partnership with RiskSTOP, an independent risk control service provider, for an additional three years. As part of the extension, RiskSTOP will continue to conduct site surveys and ...
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Lextar, an LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), officially merged with Wellypower, another AUO LED subsidiary, on February 1, 2013. Market observers believe the merger will boost Lextar's revenues in the first quarter, and profits for the ...
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Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd have stepped up their campaign against the proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, union officials said on Friday. Dead Sea Works committee chairman Armond Lankry said on state ...
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Key Technology, a US-based manufacturer of process automation systems, and Visys, a provider of chute-fed in-air sorters used by food processors and waste recyclers, have entered into a merger agreement. The merger is expected to create ...
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Even though PC giants Hewlett-Packard and Dell reported significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, started to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors ...
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Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, began to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors in diverse ...
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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and Robbins & Myers, Inc. jointly announced that National Oilwell Varco’s acquisition of Robbins & Myers is complete. Pete Miller, Chairman and CEO of NOV, remarked, “We are happy to have all of ...
Houston, Texas- based National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and Robbins & Myers, Inc. jointly announced today that National Oilwell Varco's acquisition of Robbins & Myers is complete. Under the merger agreement for this transaction, Robbins & ...
Osram GmbH is a multinational lighting manufacturer headquartered in Munich, Germany, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens. It is a world-leading lighting manufacturer. Osram was founded in 1919 by the merger of the lighting ...
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Canadian underwriter Great-West Lifeco has inked an agreement with the government of Ireland to purchase Irish Life Group for $1.75bn and $1.25bn subscription receipts offering for common stock. Following the completion of the ...
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IDG News Service - The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on the defensive, raising questions about the terms of the deal. This is ...